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i 3 ) br;l by be rner l nen ( ty theJ itior 11)3i uL i )1%; 1)C cir). rid t pt the difficulties winch would attend a just:li:/iitatior of tlyit.power, but from the merits of the individual on GL , tio.,n it is conferred; In proportion as those rocrit, are.. dist?..:guis.ied,• ought. we to be cat - lions in our ,proceedings, lest . . we - legislate. bene ficially, perhap, for Abe preserit..:nge,., but, for what we know, most iujurioUsly for luture ages.. Let the Committee cousider; Sir, how far it might be „sate to suffer such a princijile to be. established as, 'that, asserted by the tletnen . opposite, If in. a future period of the Zritish history, the lilonarch .should he atilidtd with a calamity similar to that which hi s M a j e s ty is now Unhappily jndoring, and If the apparent'. successor to , : the 'throrie.at the period I ain. imagining should ne . of a character the reverse of that of his Royal High ,tiess the Prince of Wales, how invtdions, how dan- ' gerous, woulo the duty of Parliament becorne - .With . such a precedent; they could not deny that it had' been demied wise, in such a case, to invest with full and jmnfedicite power; they must therefore be' driven broadly to state, that that which was wise in the reign of George EL was not wise in the period' at which they' lived. I challenge any person, there fore, to chew that charaeter will -justil a departure from the.priuciple of wise .legislation, whatever Inv be the opinion 'of other person's upon other parts of the subject.---Whether they consider the restraints as too many or too few—whether they. tousider the limitations as too much or too little de ' iermined, I call upon them to resist the adoption of a measure by which the po,sibiiity of a negative would almost be excluded. An appeal has been /bade to the precedent of the Revolution; but the circumstances are wholly different. At. the period. of the. Revolution, the House will recolle& that ano— ther Monarch was placed on the Throne The Throne was then vacant ; it is not so now. Now a newooice is to be created; then only an old 'one. WaS to be filled 'up.' The cases are far froth being Parallel, and the reasoning that is derived from the 'oe is inappl'cable to •the other. An Hon. Gedtle tnan the other evening adverted to the Address from the Parliament of Ireland to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in 1788,!and contended, that after: the Union the precedents of ode Parliament were as • Rood as those of another: With respe to the dif ferent situations of Ireland and of. Great Britain, at t hatperiod„ I will not enter into any , discussion, butl Izt.g - leave to wake a remark on th e • compatative !aliaity of the, precedent brought farwaid by the 4 t ion. Gentlimari, and that adduc e d 'by myself. I she.wti how. the Pat;:ament of Great Britain acted . upon the result of an examination of the hist-. () I *,y and constitution of 'the country, and how the Plete,ent which they then established has been con lirtned 'by 11:e proceedings of Subscque4 Pillia '4l,nis. -Did any such .colitiimation take ulace iii to be in .possess on : dF the. Great 'Seal,. to put the Great, Seal to some coin nisslon, either aothorising 'the Reg'ent hiMsell, in the name of his Majesty; to open the Parliament, or authorising Commissioners appointed by the Regent for - that purpose ? If it be an act of. legislature 'in us to authorise the individual holding .the Great \ Seal, to put that Seal to. a Bill, would it not equapy be an act of Legislature were -we by. an Address -. to au. .thorise another individtial to command the Great Seal to be so put. I defy the, inmost ingenuity of the Hon. Gentleman opposite to shew how any one legislative act could be accomplished by the Regent without the use of. the ,Great Seal, which nothing •but the authority of the two Housesof Parliament, during the suspension of the Kingly power, 'could warreet, him in using. It would seem, however, by the arguments of tlee - Hon. _Gentlemen, that when the two Houses. Qf Parliament direel. the individual possessing the Great Seal to 'put the Great Seal to' an instrument, it is an aCt.of legislition.; but that • when they authorise some other person to dire& the same thing, it is not apt aa of legislation ! It is true that the one case is clearly and distinelly intelligible, and that the other is a little covered over and - ob • • scure, but the things. are precisely the same not withstanding, The authority of the Regent 'to orderthe Great Seal to- beaffixed to a public instrument, would be transferred through the two Houses of Par- Lament. It would.. not be the authority of the Re gent, lut . the .authority of the'two Houses of Parlia ment. One way or the other it must be -an,a6t of legislation. I go on, Sir, to copsid.er the manner in . Which the two different measures proposed would accomplished..be' ln a Case of this description is it Inothiug to preclude any proposition from .being car . ried into effect - by a single vote ? Ott a question which is no less than to put the Royal authority into other .hands, ought we not to guard our proceedings with as -Much deliberation as possible? What the Gentlemen opposk propose, is . to trah.ter the whole regal . Authority by a single vote? Am I to _understand - that the ii - oposers of the address are willing to tranfer the whole power of the Crown,' Without limit, qualification, or reserve, or that in this mode of legislating by address, it is intended to specify any limit or qualification in the body 4 of the Address ? It, appLired' to pie, Sir, thati received the universal assent' of the Committee, when t said that it 15eas necessary to provide means by which his Majesty Might resume the ROM Authority on his recovery. Are we to.make a Regent without such a provision ? Are we to leave him to advisers who may mislead him, for Regents may be misled as well as Kings,?; Are we then to leave all these points solely to the wisdom and consideration of the Re gent's advisers'? Would this be a fair execution of otir double trust,? More ;particularly, would it be a fair:. execution of- that putt of our trust by which we are bound to svcure io his Majesty# on his restoration to health, the restoratioo of his :undiminished autho rity ? I am persuaded, Sir, that no one sup— pose, either in the observaiions which .1 - had rria , !e, .or at the' i observations which I &eel make, tleo mean any thing incompatible ,with the Utmost pus-. sible respect for the, character of .his Royal High mess the Prince of' Wales, • But let me remin , i t time who are now willing to intrust immediatelpd3ier in the hands of his RoyalHighniss, 'the strict con fidence that,that rower would not be abused, what have been their seutiments on similar.suhjects. It it were a question which relnted to his Royal High nt:SS:S character, I would say- , -letOllnSe . appt . 4.icite that. character - as highly as it deserves lo be aepieciated ; let them appreciate it as - highly as their imaginations will permit.. them ; the higner th e y estabtis;,, the higher they raise his Royal High ness'.,, char. -sae', tlieenore cautious ought . we' to' be not westaolbh a precedeet of:powcr devolving bite the hands of s ari oifwer, not from a cem - Mdetatton of • the Irish Parli3niee,t ? The Loot.Lien..enaot of that day was the IVlareeis of BOCkitigham. When ad dressed. by the two Irish Houiei of Parliafroent, the view -Of transmitting their Address to his Rte al Highness the'Prinoe. of Wales, his I.Ord.hip lie'Si tatedein - conveying the Address to his Royal High ness. But after' i he recovery . of his Mejesty, did the Irish Parliament adopt any orocee4g . against th e Noble Lord , Was ,even a Vote of .Censure passed againSt hint ? And can the Hon. Gentleman coo ceive-'that this k;veakly established precedent of the Irish karhamerit , is to be put in compel itioh with the precedent ofthe British Parliament, With ,alt its va rious sanctions ? I have- endeavoured, Sir, to go through the 'leading points of thelbestiiVn before us, and to spew the grounds of the preference, which I feel for •that side of it which I espoeSe. I trust I have redeemed the pledge which I, gave on a former night; •that I would prove there; was:bottling p e the 'Measure that I intended to 'propose in the sli E ,hteat 'degree derogwory. to the 'Cuhstitinion, or in Slightest' degree oflcusive tOshis Royal Highness the Prit.ce orWales, I'deelare, that if in my own nietn - complete and tiblaniied pooter ought to be . elven to the Prince of Wales, should still contend that it ought t o b e g i ven by Bill,-'and not by, Ad dress. I cannot conceive the possibility of a sup- position being entertain e d that a proceeding . by _Bill would contain a refleCtioo on his Royal. Highness, from which a'proceeding by'Address would be free. His Royal Highness claims no right; if hp did, both modes N . O - puld necessarily be offeesive to him. On all these considerations, I trust that 'the Committee will consider the 'course which I have taken the li betty to recornmendtdthem 'as one, which combin ing in itself all the advantages that are not presented by 'any other line of conduct, entitled to, tueir sup. port and adoption, The, &Ist' Resolution was then read and agreed to. Tie Second Resolution was next read. F.BUiiDETT rose on this Itesolut inn being. put. The flotee•c lie said, ‘xas not composed of the fair - rep , eseoLinves of the people, otherwise. the subject might have been a.fair one for discussion,. it it ap peared improper to follow the old Patliatnentary e.amplese He rose not m er ely to oppose the ;lee ciples of the Right Honourable Gentleman,-taut to contradict the facts he had stated. He would con tradict him because he had' a”erted.that asetilbly to be the fair Representatives of the. People.— He would not adMit that to be.the fad, etter the . "many steps they. 'had taken against the interests of those whose welfare ought to be their care.-- 7 He could not aekeowledge them assuch, and thought it would iii become them to . pass . an ,Act like that now in contemplation, and throw that in - the teeth of theSe ,who had already so much to ether:Len of. S: , clt ;an Art out not to be cle by an eeoeinbly, the ivlernbers of. which it had. been otfeeeert6 prove' . ‘vere returned as the majority of those 'they were stated to be. [.Here the Baronet went over the statements so orogen - rade at Public nieCtings, With respect to the interest *by 'Whesh Members are refereed; his words wefe, `boo:beetle lest , in the tueeilt.ot disapprottatunt whieh . prevailed in the ,Heosej Front these censiderations, 'he felt it to be hiS doey to enter his pretest against their -proceedings. The ptese.nt siorettott ,of the - country, he ceetefided, was cotahigous to th a t i n w hi c h e wis placed et the-period of the Revolution in tU88., , The 'thr o n e e as then vaceet th tie roeehe \ itrevitetty of the Monarch, wising from 'tellgioes , brO j o•ty and deTetie viirreleies. It the throne, were 'nott a il . be proved to be full by some Of rtgal - authotify. ;was indifferent tp the,pco ple whbtle.::r the throne e as vacant through b , gotey car I throngh sickness, In either case . „, the 'defict ency in the,tegiSlature S ought to be supplied. The CrQWn was the source from whjeh all power p7oceed,-(1 ;. Without it the, got erninetit of the e:iuntry could ;Jot be legally canted oil. tit ,tak ing-upon-tbetus the right of authorising a per : - , sort to exercise the funetions of royalty, wider .cer tain restrictions, he thought they in effect worked a revolution as great e as that of if 685,. but,less ad vantageouS to' the people. The aothority, of Go vernment .Was, in the present instance, usurped by a.House of Common's; of which some of ,its Mem , - bets . had' been turned out for refusing to vole with the Hon. GenteoPposite, who tolerated the sale of seats in Parliament because the tact was no toriotiS, e` Who had allowed a public accountant (Lad. Melville; 'he' meant) to tell them he 3.yould, give no accouu of the*public :money' end who had passed over. * With6llts censure, the, caLonitous expeditiOn to •Walclieren,"front which IV; expected they would 4e rive their ditinguishing title. Asir) former times certain Parliaments, fro m p ecu li ar c i rcumstances, 'had been denominated the Long Parliament, the Rump Parliament, &e. So he expected the present Parliament Would ;it tutere be' denominated the Weleheren Parliament. Sir G.. had many 'years ago stated ;he members of that H ouse to 'b e no more the repreSentatit es of the' people 'of Lig land than of the people of France. Ile approved of 'the sentiment, and thought Ministers, in following the precedent of 1788 . , had no regard Inc the good of the people —no re. , ard tor any th ing s bt u the i r own places and emoruments. The Hoedureble • Baronet then proceeded to notice the observations made on thotie who were favourable to a reform. They had been denounced as lacobios ,and theorists, but suCh e jacotains, and theorists were Lord Ceke and Mre Justice Blackstone. He then prOceeded at ?some length to expound the lex et consuetudo parliumenti; and observed that a Learned Judge had de'scribed the Constitution of England as resembling a machine put in motion by. t h e operat i on of three weights, the .etfeel of which was not to move the body to which they' belonged in the direction of any one of theoe, but to keep the w h o l e i n equilbrium, and tocausethe main body to move in adirectiou of its own, the di reaion of the liberty of the people. If the system aa-. ed upoh,by the preseut Ministers was a system bene ficial to the country, the people ought never to be burdened with the expense of royalty. It they hadacted : right there could-be no occasion of a King. Whet were they to, understand was meant by a Kitig ? was it a name ? was it a form ? was it a mode ? was it a 'triek ? w h at was the necesshyot it .whatwas its use ; what were the servic e s- to b e ex .pected from it if itcould ihtss i at pleasure be done without? Adverting to the,restrictions proposed, he observed the Constitntion_had wit said whAt'un-- der such eircumstancesshoud take place. Though he admitted that the Heir Apparent to the Crown hadn't) more "rightthan any -other subject, as had ye, . _ . .. • li:;d as little rio-ht aud t hat the 'Heir -Apparent , 6 had -a' more reasonable claim. Tincleriuch'Cireurn stinc:.S could any. thing .he more easy than to r.-mealy the defect in the same way 4s the deficiency wotald, be supplied by the law of the land in the event of the death of, the Monarch. Was it not .mare reasonable, more conformable to analogy, to plate it in.such hands?—to place it where it would gv)., when such on event might take place as the law .ii id foreseen and accordingly provided for ? Such, in his °pullet), was the line of conch-id- proper to . he pursued, as it must be most- beneficial to the country.. With respect to the proposed restric- Aions,' be ,would say, that..if- the King had too much power, it was .necessary that- he should .be 'controuled as welLas a Regent, and 'the Regent „when, appointed; ought to hold the entire executive poNer. He did not wish to bail in questioin the cha raeter of, the .King,- nor should lits'of any labour tug'-under such afliiMion but when •he 'heard lib _thing buta string of p anegy rics on him, and on the . worst ,Government ilti.Country had ever known, he could not controul his feelings so as not to say was a little more than could be calmly, listened to, while labouring under such calamities, and groaning beneath exactions so unprecedentedly great, las - those Country: had been fated ta.endure. ;He- (tished ,to little on ibe subject-.of-the' etarninla tion .of .the Physicians, which the Right lion our.qe Gentleman had -passed very Slightly' over. la he could coiled flour the 'Reporttlie only deduction he could mike-after attentively p-rusing it, was, that his Majesty bad never been perfedly well since 1788. The people had been deceived, and - Alinisters had dated to carry on'the gover:nnent of the cOunt ry when there, was no moreof , an ex ectui,e power to dire& them than at preSerit.. The Kipp being the vital organ of this naliotw to e - use the Great Seat w.ithout.his consent, in,a way vurvoriing it to hate' been given with it, would be like a-fraud, would be a shante. . The Right 'Honourable Gen tler-natl. was fOr making &King, but seclya' one as'lie (euld carry in his, pocket. If the :public business count be carried on withotit a King, they ought to ,be.telieved irony the attendant expetice. Putting the dergegemeutolthe King.out of the ont:stion, what did it ,si.,,oity to the puolic 'What was the cause, if 'the effect was the stispeosien of the exereise,of the lundions ?.. Was it light that things shotildp, (.:ti as they LW goneeon, his Nlajejtv sometimes a little better,-soinettines a little worse, just as Mini-' pleased ? There was a circumstance be 'wished t o notice. One of the Physicians had thought :his Majesty, competent, to attend to public business on one day, the 27th of October, he.belleved,Wrb e: , ano ther had been of-a Contrary opinion. Was it to be endur ed that theoatien should be thus. treated ? He was of, opinion, that a provision should now be made, a per- J R - Lane:it provision, to prevent the recurrence oh such • In case of certain events taking place, which no titan could be certain would not take place, the appointment of a Regent with su`ch *restricted ' ,pc.iwerS as the Riglit . Unit. Gerille.rnan posed wouigi pl.:ce' the county to imminent . danger, and would, 'in e&a,'amouut to I trio less than treason: to his mind. _Be den.ccl their " right" to supply the deft( ieney ; whatever they did he would have thew a 1 'consistently with the attAntnent of some .political object. He knew Lot why, they avoided a decision on the snbjeet before. He could only account fOr it limn a desire on the part of Mi nister, to create delay.' He protested against their proceedings—iiie whole, was a sharer, a pretence, audit would be:giving a mortal stab to the interests of the people.if the nation was to be subjected to the rule ot a House ol•Commoni; and of a House of C''tnmons colleated as they. were. With thil victiou he should'vote against the resolution. ' The second (ides',ion.waS then nut and caßieti, and •tire . third was redd. • MV, - PoNSONBY ' concurred with the Right Hon. •Gentletnan opposite, in thinking that there was,not , a heart in the H ouse , or i n t h e nati o n, : that did -not lanwet - toe calamity which tiad befallen ins Majesty. He entirely concui red with h:m in thinking it must br (he wish and the prayer.. of every otie that. he Might soon recover, to exercise the royal The Right. Hon. Gentleman had said, ttleir pro ceeditigki. had been marked .s ith limner gravity and ,decorum, .and .hzld expresst-d his .satistaction at the differenechviween their conduct and that of the re presentatives of the people, in 1788._ 1 - 1 e telt no gro titude to the Right Haft. Gentleman for. the compli ment, in which lie Conceived. himself to he included ,with his friends, and he knew not why he (the Chan- - cellor of the Exchequer) should go out of, ins way to mrdie such a comparison, and to throw. obloquy on the national ass:mibly of. that day, most 'ot whom were now no more. He..could see no reason.for his acting thus, to revive that spirit of acrimony,at the absetice.of he..prilless e d to 'rejoice. IL was. by s,o, m,tmis,'necessary for firm, in 18 iO, to, make SuCh a coo psrison,tuihedisadvantage of thost.. whn . had discussed.th hank:. question in 1789. Tile flight Hon Gentleman had said understood, trout what tract been thrown but frnm time Opposition side, that ' the third resolution .would be opfiosed, *as not being agreeable to the principles of the Cbnstitution, he called upon them, itt 1810, to'tollow the example . of the House of Conitnons in 1788. • In opito.iing such a proceediog he was guilty of no inconsistency of conduct. He bad been Of opinion that it was unconstitutional in 1 . 788, and he still continued to think so; for, reasons which he .should proceed to stine to time House. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said there was no comparison between the pre sent simuation of the country and that•in which it was 'placed at the time of the Revolution In 1,688. He (`Mr. P.) thought with the last s,:eaker, , that they were parallel cases. In the present instance t he' va cancy arose nut from the abdication of the Monarch, but iron) the incapacity of him who holds that situa tion, to discharge the functions of royally. Though his person is there, his mind is absent he is wholly, unable to fulfil the'dutieS of his high office; and it *consequently became their duty to remedy the defect thence arising. It was propocd‘ to lodge 'the executive ,power in the hands of another, during his -Majesty's mental iticopaciiy ; and mode by Which this was proposed t0.b..: dune was b/ thi t ; , by an - Ad, which 'mink( the consent of each or the olluNties of the G , vernment. He hoped- the , Right Hon, Gentle man would find be had not eloquence .eitung, to persuade the I lotlie, to Wine into, such a proposition. Right_ lion..Gentlenian, -in `reieriing to the pre cedent of 1789,-had told them, that attar the reeo - his Ma V R, I, it !. .e • ~~ ;," !( made. ad the Ifon. Genti. Majesty, 'on his 'recovery, Ks without 'his- authority? and rece, retained end th at hi s M a j esty c ander ef ti influence 'ofilie sabre ieh'oers, could, he think sue a precedent str%eg'enollell to overpower fhe dictatt of Cotninon sense, to overturn reas 'kelt . ; and rev 'der that won by' of irnitatioo which' was in itself palpablecontradietion Oti What it purported to be Theltight Her.:- Gtenleinati bad said, that it wa their duty to provide for the emergency Of the case, placing chine peason - in a sitnalion to exercia. alie functions ot tteyallyAut how Were they in theii sent state. to piss as Act-L—liew legislate, w i t h, out the - [tree Powers Parliament -? How, but - g by giVing some person the authoriiv to do th:'4 which the Kite; should do' if able ? The Right 'e f - lmourable •Gaiitleenau had said that it was - The . right of Paillament to command' the Great - Seal: He would' Maintain. that the Great Seal t. I:longed to the. King, anti not to the Lords or to the Commons. It belonged to the King and to him only. If t h e Ki ng was i eCaeatile of causioget a 'to'be'osed; Ur:a then shduld direct iti'vehar,cases,i and to what nets it. shoal be :applied ? Should.the House of 'Ards or the Ilouse 'of Coincrions -take 'upon themselVes to 'exerci,e that Pci4%er,'ior.shoo4l tkee sopity the thifect in the Governinent it •they I could ?, At the period of The Revolution, the Right ' HOnourable iGentleinan had said, the stai,e of things wits not at all analogous' to . the circumstances _On the present' day, b.cartse then t Throne was( vacaht, and a King 'was to he made, iesteed of a person to be supplied during 'the iedtap .sition of the reigning Monarch. It was not the convention -of which t Right Honourable Bat cmet - spoken, who at the Revolution tendered 'thie Crown . to'the Prince ref Orange.---Thet Assemblyeafter this cussing the suleeet, dissolved itself, desiring the 'Prince of Oran,, thc,ll a . P4,iament in- the regu. lan way, itnd it was ti)at rliarn e nt as they thought themselves, and as they e ere thought by - toe'peopte, Wird made tender of the Crown to 1 14! Peiece and Priecess of Orange. The nation had'at that period more at, stake than it had p e ilup s ever had before. "He believed there were teen :dive at thatday, who as thorou : Oly ender.too theConstitution,hoih theore tically atilt practical; v, es ever ia h al been under-1(3(A Since, and they ccrtatoly woute haae recoelmehdad a better mode of proceeding had ilr y been able, They intended.to give the royal power to ,the Preice ancl P . rincess of Oraege, but were d eterm i ne d A rst to gain those rights which they so nobly laid chem. : Be fore they tendered the CrtrXll a declaratioo to that effect was made by the Speaker in the House of Lords to `William and Mary, and the compact once - made, they were proclaimed K.ng and thleell. ThO'e IVIIO itved at t not day thought snch.a compact a Satiklent security: The Rijn I-Jun. - Gentleman said, that Ceuld net be regarded as a 'precedent, be-. cause at that pertod.a King was to be made. Why, the' aet._ they had, to Co was - inuch the grea'ter. But the 'Rigid. Hon. Gentleman thought tie Legislative Act, t!‘hich could not legally he gained, most he illegally procured, to stamp the gality of liwlr eloeeettiegs, and give cifect to' their decisions. The more he thought on 'it, the more he (Mr. P.)\ was f astoe.ished, how ,so extravag:mt an idea: could : be entertained. The law (if the land said, the'essent of tle.! King shoold be given in full Parliament, or Uneet the t.,;reet. Seal.by Cent mission. The law on this subj ct was so very shott that he would read it to. them—[llefe. 'the Hon. Gentleman read a passage from an At ot 3id Henry VIII. seiting forth , that the royal assent 811061,11)e given, and ever bad been gi.eit ty iris jesty's letters patent, and under les oe it hand, :red that such assent so giver, was the solo,: .is it given in person, and as such was to remain]. ,Sues being the law he would pow ask it the. King - w..s capable of givieg his assent in either way (hoe. laid down ded described ? That the King could not dime to his Pailia . ment they knew, that he could not sign the necessary paper "they also knew. On what principle then could they pretend to gain the : royal assent when \it was impossible that it could he given ,by the King? A t t h e per i od at which the law to which he had just, called their at tention bad. ieen- made (in the time of Henry the Eighth), done were several laws in bring making various offeacts treason. Those laws were repealed a few years otter the death of that.munarch, by we . firg Parliament in the re , go of Clueen Mary, but in that saute year another act was Tossed, makieg it treason to imitate the King's. Sign Manual, as the Itoyal assent could only be declaiLd by the Sign Me twat and under the Great-Seal. '' Such was the law then, such is the law at this day." .It was remark 'Ole, too, that so convinced were the Legis;atute of 'those. times of the necessity of that -law, that an act of attainder winch had been passed against the then Duke of N o ' r f o lk was reversed, beCause the "assetat of Henry had not been torn ally given to that Act. Li the AU to. which he thenallnded, it - W. ase stated to hav e b een reversed, because it YV'ki not-sigu ed" with Highness's own hand,' and ix:copse it was not duly sealed:. The royal assent is to be given in his person,. or by letters patent under the Greet Seel, and signed by the King's own hand. Accerd ing to the .33d. of Henry the Eighth, •any 'AVA which shall not so have received the royal as sent, shall be " vol and non-effeetive, and shall be adjudged to be no Act of Parliament." —Could there be found any authorities more complete thait these, of the two ways of gaining the royal assent to-an Act of Parliament ? The Right liter. Gen tleman had wished to know if by address the Par liament would.not virtually give the Reeent the au thority as much from themselves as it could be given by Bill. It .certainly would do*so. He regarded . the Hous e as comp e t e nt to give that authority; it' was the mode vt doing it for which he cunt:elided. Thew was a proper wey as well an improper way. The only proper way was by Address.' Following that mode of giving the authority had every ddV.lll - the other mode could pretend to, without being liable to the same objections. It was ne cessary that the Prince should have the power of legislation. He ought to have the poi er ot as senting to Bills that might pass the two ifiuses, and was it to be .supposed that he would mgieet the kuzgestions of these from whorn lie del lye d s authority ? Cuold be thought that theekeui.e, of any of his lane' ily whom they might so to-, ve,t‘ with powei, would treat them with ttegleet, or refuse to assent